For Caitlin's 2nd birthday, we decided to make it fun and easy. With hot summer days and kids of all ages, a pool party was the obvious choice! There had been hard-hitting storms happening every day for the past week and we were very lucky to have a sunny day to celebrate...
We started out the day with candle-blowing-out practice and sang to Caitlin over a breakfast of coffee cake (her request) and then headed down to the pool to set up and hang out with friends and family.
Ava and Caitlin were so excited to have all of their friends over to their neighborhood pool- I don't think they really knew who to play with first. Caitlin spent most of her time on the steps with Sydney, her friend from school who also happened to be wearing the same swimsuit, and being tossed around in the pool by her Daddy and Uncle Tony. Ava had a blast diving in the water, racing with her friends and doing flips off the side of the pool. But... the thing that everyone enjoyed the most were the water balloons- score one for a last minute purchase at Target's dollar spot! Even the big kids got in on the water balloon action- I'm sure there will be payback for the balloon Jason popped over Uncle Tony's head... :)
Kaitley and her sister Sydney came dressed to impress- we loved their sunglasses!
Caitlin was so excited that her and Sydney were wearing matching swimsuits. She kept pointing to Sydney's swimsuit and giggling...
Hanging out with her two favorite guys...
Bode even woke up for a little while to get in on the action...
Nothing is better on a hot summer day than an ice cream cake!
The practice paid off... Caitlin had no trouble blowing out her candles :)
In fact, she was a little ham and soaked up every minute of being the center of attention.
Her favorite aunt and uncle came to wish her a happy birthday... and thank goodness they were there! Alina was one of the only ones that could figure out how to fill up the water balloons with out breaking the balloons- so we put her to work!
Caitlin held on to her water balloon the whole time- we even had to bring it home with us in a bucket!
After we got home and Caitlin had a much needed nap- we opened all of our gifts. Our friends were so generous- a huge thank you to everyone! Ava picked out this Barney doll for Caitlin, which is a current favorite, and then Tony and Alina spoiled her with this enormous bear!! We love him and have made him a permanent fixture in our living room- everyone that comes over usually ends up cuddling with him at some point.
Thank you to everyone for making Caitlin's birthday such a special day and a fun party! I have a feeling that there will be many, many more pool parties for Caitlin in her future :)
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